Seminar Tuesdays• 4. “…debt repayment was to

be achieved by the super-exploitation of women through their unwaged work in the household and low-paid jobs in the EOIs” (Antrobus, 2004, 73). Discuss how Third World (TW) women are affected by SAPs and what role they play in the development of TW nations.

Developing NationsDeveloping NationsDeveloping NationsDeveloping NationsThree Pronged Analysis: State, Three Pronged Analysis: State,

Market, Market,

““Third Way”Third Way”

Four Corners• Natural Resources• Political Leadership/Stability• Education• Healthcare

• Ms. Jeelani – MONEY!

Typology of the Poor

• Passive• Surviving• Political• Resisting

Perhaps it’s most holistic than that

Solving the Developmental Problems

of TW Countries

• State – what can the state do?

• Neoliberal – what can the market do?

• ‘THIRD WAY’ – what can ____ do?

State

• development is built on the idea that the state is a main lever for changing economy and society

• When development doesn’t occur… state becomes the central problem.

Types of State• Weber

• Marx

• … Neoliberal

What is wrong with the State?

• Unresponsive but invasive state• The inefficient but restrictive state• Public interest state• Private interest state

(Mackintosh, 2002)

Market-focused responses

Neoliberal States

• That government is best which governs least. - Henry David Thoreau 

Third Way

Placemat• Divide your sheet of paper into

four and put the following words in each section:– Conditions/Challenges– Aspirations – Expectations– Canada’s Responsibility

AfricaTask: Answer the following aspects in relation to

African developing nations.

• 1) What are current life conditions/challenges of the people living in Africa?

• 2) What do the people of Africa have as aspirations of what they can do for themselves?

• 3) What are their expectations for/from the world?

• 4) What should Canada’s role or responsibility be to that part of the world?

Homework

• Check out: msjeelani.wordpress.com

• Projects due: April 16 (absolute deadline)

• Test: April 21